She was 26 in 1900, listed as Rhoda FELKER married for 1 year, and said she was the mother of 3 children but only 2 were still living. Her new husband W. T. FELKER is not listed with the household. She and her two children are living with her father John CARNER in Donaldson, Caldwell, Kentucky page #68.

She was 36 in 1910, a widow, listed as Rhoda FRALICK, who said she was the mother of 3 children but only one was still living. She and her son Walter and brother Albert CARNER were living at RR#1, Crider, Caldwell County, Kentucky page #86.

NEWSPAPERS: Crittenden Press in Crittenden County, Kentucky 22 Jan 1891
Off for Texas --- A party of 5 men and families left Monday for Texas. They were Henry and Jake WHEELER, P. E. J. and Duke BETTIS and John MALCOLM. Some of them already have homes in the Pan Handle country and others may locate there or may return to "Old Kaintuck".

NEWSPAPERS: Crittenden Press in Crittenden County, 10 Oct 1895
Duke BETTIS received a telegram Friday telling him that his wife was very ill in Atlanta. She went down there some weeks ago to visit relatives.

NEWSPAPERS: The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia Sunday, February 12, 1911
MIND UNBALANCED, BETTIS A SUICIDE ----- Former College Park Mayor Kills Himself ---- Brooding over ill health, the acts of a wayward son and other troubles, well known citizen leaves a family of eight. ----
Freeing himself from the grasp of his wife, D. G. BETTIS, formerly Mayor of College Park, despondent over family troubles, yesterday morning sprang from his bed, placed a revolver to his left breast and inflicted three wounds, from which he died almost immediately.
The first bullet, after penetrating his body, grazed the abdomen of Mrs. BETTIS as she struggled to wrench the pistol from her husband's hands. The tragedy came as the climax to a harassing morning, during which Mrs. BETTIS, fearing that her husband intended to take his life, had used every means in her power to soothe and calm him. Ill health and despondency, caused partly by worry over his 17-year-old son, Rooney, are given as the reason for the act.
Mr. BETTIS, was one of the most prominent men of College Park. Having served the community faithfully as councilman, he was elected mayor for the term 1909-1910. He was extremely active in all schemes for civic improvement, and, being heartily in favor of waterworks for his city was largely instrumental in securing the recent bond issue. He was well off financially and was the contractor for most of the homes in his community.
SON RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
For over a month Mr. BETTIS has been mentally unbalanced, according to a statement made by his daughter, Mrs. N. F. COLLINS. His son Rooney, who had previously ran away from home about that time, and Mr. BETTIS brooded over the affair until his mind became so deranged that he believed that he had enemies who were trying to take his life. Haunted by these delusions he has several times tried to secure a revolver for the purpose, he said of defending himself.
A few days ago Mr. BETTIS received a letter from his son Rooney stating that he had shipped as a deck hand on a freighter from New York to London. The letter stated that he wished to break the contract, but could not, and he would be obliged to sail within a half-hour.
"This is enough to drive any man crazy." Mr. BETTIS is reported to have said upon reading the letter.
Friday was the birthday of Rooney, and the memory of former occasions of the kind seemed to affect Mr. BETTIS most profoundly. He came to Atlanta, going to his office at 25 South Broad Street, where his strange actions caused comment among his business associates.
WIFE SUSPICIONS ARROUSED.
He arose Saturday morning and went to the College Park Bank, of which he was the vice-president, and afterwards visited a building he was having erected on Lyle Avenue, where his abstracted gaze was particularly noticed by the workmen. He then returned to his home and acted so queerly that his wife's suspicions were at once aroused.
She followed him when he mounted the stairs, and found that he had possessed himself of a revolver. Her remonstrances and endeavors to get the pistol away from him were met with the remark:
"Don't be afraid Dolly, I'm not going to kill myself. They are after me, and I'm just going to protect myself."
After much persuasion, Mrs. BETTIS succeeded in inducing her husband to go downstairs with her. Thinking a rest would calm his overwrought condition, she led him to his bedroom and, after partially undressing him, put him to bed. She was exhausted herself and lay down beside him.
Suddenly, however, Mr. BETTIS whipped out the revolver from under his pillow, where he had placed it and, putting it to his left breast fired the first shot, which, after ranging through his body, grazed the abdomen of his wife behind him. In quick succession, and despite the struggles of his wife to prevent him, Mr. Bettis then fired two more shots.
CLASPED in DAUGHTER's ARMS.
Mrs. BETTIS ran screaming to the front door and attracted the attention of a passing street car conductor who upon rushing into the smoke-clouded room, found the lifeless man clasped in the arms of his 15 year old daughter Nora.
All three of the wounds were inflicted almost directly over the heart, within a circumference that could be covered by a silver dollar. Two of the shots passed through the body, while the third lodged just beneath the skin at the back.
Mr. BETTIS was born forty-six years ago near Marion, Ky. His first wife was Miss. BAIRD, of Sheridan, Ky, by whom he had two children, Mrs. N. F. COLLINS of Atlanta and Rooney, aged 17 years. His second wife, who survives him, was formerly Miss. Belle BELLISLE, of Atlanta. By his second wife he had the following children: Nora, aged 15, Lula, aged 12, Fannie, aged 8, Josephine, aged 5, Myrtle, aged 3, and another child who died quite young. The deceased was a member of the College Park Baptist Church and a great charity worker. He was a member of the Junior Order.
At the conclusion of his term as Mayor of College Park, last December, Mr. BETTIS ran again for the office. He was opposed by Byron S. HUIE, teller of the American National Bank, who defeated him.
Mr. BETTIS is known to have been absorbed in the mayoral race and it is thought by many that the worry incidental to the campaign contributed largely toward unhinging his mind.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at College Park Baptist Church. Interment will be at the College Park Cemetery. Carriages will leave A. C. HEMBERLEY's at 2 o'clock.
(Includes a picture of D. G. as well as a family picture of the whole family.)

NEWSPAPERS: The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia Monday, February 13, 1911
BETTIS IS SURVIVED BY MARRIED DAUGHTER
In the recent accounts of the death of D. G. BETTIS the ex-mayor of College Park, who commtd>